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MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS August 31, 2001
by Mary Brown
Apologies for the absence of last week's column - I made
a computer error that caused the column to get "lost in
(cyber)space" before I could send it out!
The Geneology workshop conducted by Bev Devlin was a great
success with an SRO crowd! Thanks so much to Bev. With such
demand for the session, it may be something to put on our agenda
again in the future. For those of you who missed the workshop
but are interested in geneology, go to our library's website
and click on the "Geneology" link. It will give you
lots of information and more links about the topic. Barb Fogg
has done a very nice job of setting up this linkage for all our
amateur geneologists out there. Thanks, Barb.
While we're mentioning the library's website, Barb had a
very interesting email note from a woman in Austria who was researching
Native American information. She reported that she had found
on our library's website some information she had not been able
to find anywhere! We certainly our expanding the geographic
area of our patrons!
Work is starting on the roof repairs at the library. A
Mini-Sale of paperbacks is now in progress in the front hall;
books are 75 cents each or three for two dollars. A lovely display
of children's books with a "Back to School" theme is
also on display inside the front entrance. Among that display
is an especially nice variety of cassette/mini-book sets for
parents from the Parents and Children Together series.
The Friends of the Library will be meeting on Wednesday,
September 19th at 4 p.m. and welcomes anyone who would like to
join this group that is so helpful to the library. Please consider
joining.
The library is soliciting recommendations for two vacant
seats on the library board. Some of the duties of a board member
are to determine and adopt policies for the library's operation
and program, secure adequate funds to carry on the library's
program, know the program and needs of the library in relation
to the community, assist with the annual budget, and know local
and state laws related to libraries. If you know people with
such skills, please let Traci know so that they could be considered
for a board seat.
A few new books have arrived this week. Ed McBain's Money,
Money, Money heads the list. This fifty-first book in his 87th
Precinct series has Steve Carella, Meyer Meyer, and Fat Ollie
Weeks unmasking the secret life a murdered, pretty ex-military
pilot who had been acting as a drug courier. By the time Carella
and his crew uncover the international counterfeit ring behind
the courier's money, a terrorist plot to bomb Clarendon Hall,
where an eminent Israeli violinist is performing and a conspiracy
involving a publishing company have become part of the picture.
Tarzan fans will want to sign out Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Return
of Tarzan , a wonderful story that binds Tarzan eternally with
Jane Porter and introduces the fabled city of Opar. The American
Horticultural Society's Plant Propagation 2001 is the updated
version of all the information you could ever possibly want in
order to propagate virtually any plant or tree. It is a great
compendium of botanical knowledge.
Rick Cross's Swimming is one of the Superguides series
for young athletes that gives valuable advice on everything
from suitable clothing to strategy development and includes
detailed information on rules, objectives, scoring, and much
more. Katherine Applegate's Destination Unknown, (Remnants
#2) will probably appeal to our 9-12 year old readers. This second
book in the series further chronicles the adventures of the 80
people who traveled from Earth to an unknown destination. Who
survived the 500 year trip and what happens now that they have
arrived somewhere makes for adventure and suspense.
You never have to worry about computer glitches when you
sign out a book at the library. "Low-tech" books don't
get lost in cyberspace; they stay right at home for you to enjoy.
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